Inbirth

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inner or inward birth rare

    "My dear invisible Church (truly invisible, even to its pastor, as I never set eyes on one of you)-my dear Church, I'll let you into a secret—I am no mystic; I never in my life was in a “high sphere," and never experienced an “inbirth.""

Example

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"My dear invisible Church (truly invisible, even to its pastor, as I never set eyes on one of you)-my dear Church, I'll let you into a secret—I am no mystic; I never in my life was in a “high sphere," and never experienced an “inbirth.""

Etymology

From in- + birth. Compare Old English inberþ, inbyrd (“born within one's estate; native-born”).

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